Medical Therapeutics-Legal & Ethical
Living Wills - answer specifies if to be kept on life-support
Durable Power of Attorney - answer appoints a proxy to make health care decisions
Ombudsman - answer to make sure patient is cared for and respected
confidentiality - answer holding something in secret
Advanced Directives - answer written document that expresses how medical decision
should be made
HIPAA - answer law that protects medical information
implied contract - answer terms not stated but understood
exempt - answerto be free from some requirements
legal disability - answer minor, under influence, mentally incompetent
scope of practice - answerwhat is legally able to be performed by license
malpractice - answerfailure to provide proper care
libel - answerwritten untrue statements
Defamation - answerhurting another's reputation either verbally or written
slander - answerspoken words that hurt a person's reputation
false imprisonment - answerheld against their will
invasion of privacy - answermaking public personal information without consent
negligence - answernot doing what a reasonable person would do in a given situation
ethics - answerwhat is right & wrong
informed consent - answerexplanation for treatment & possible negative outcomes
provided to patient
DNR - answerdo not use CPR in a life threatening event
Living Wills - answer specifies if to be kept on life-support
Durable Power of Attorney - answer appoints a proxy to make health care decisions
Ombudsman - answer to make sure patient is cared for and respected
confidentiality - answer holding something in secret
Advanced Directives - answer written document that expresses how medical decision
should be made
HIPAA - answer law that protects medical information
implied contract - answer terms not stated but understood
exempt - answerto be free from some requirements
legal disability - answer minor, under influence, mentally incompetent
scope of practice - answerwhat is legally able to be performed by license
malpractice - answerfailure to provide proper care
libel - answerwritten untrue statements
Defamation - answerhurting another's reputation either verbally or written
slander - answerspoken words that hurt a person's reputation
false imprisonment - answerheld against their will
invasion of privacy - answermaking public personal information without consent
negligence - answernot doing what a reasonable person would do in a given situation
ethics - answerwhat is right & wrong
informed consent - answerexplanation for treatment & possible negative outcomes
provided to patient
DNR - answerdo not use CPR in a life threatening event
